NASCP: Nigeria can Arrest AIDS Spread with Self-testing Kits
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The National AIDS and STDs Control Programme (NASCP) has said that the country can make significant progress in reducing the spread of…
What You Need to Know About the New Coronavirus and HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The top health concern around the world right now is COVID-19, the disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as…
Having Sex During COVID? Here Are Some Sexual Health Resources to Consider
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Reading Time: < 1 minute COVID-19 has pushed the U.S. health care system—as well as systems in other countries—to the brink. Read More
Remembering HIV Activist Deloris Dockrey, Recently Lost to COVID-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The United States has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
‘The HIV in my body is having a live concert’ - Criselda Kananda on ARVs amid Covid-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute After 22 years of living healthily with HIV, radio personality Criselda Kananda has started a course of antiretroviral medication (ARVs). Read…
For those who lived through the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Seattle, the coronavirus pandemic brings echoes of past trauma
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When Charles Perry was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, his diagnosis was considered a death sentence. Read More
TB, HIV patients in Arthur Road prison are at a greater risk of contracting Covid, say experts
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Reading Time: < 1 minute With several inmates at Arthur Road Jail infected with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, health experts are worried that the number of Covid-positive…
Ex-cop gets $90,000 settlement in HIV employment discrimination suit
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A former police officer will receive $90,000 in damages after filing a lawsuit claiming he was denied employment as a sheriff’s deputy…
Researchers move toward once-yearly treatment for HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers have reformulated an HIV medication into a version they hope can eventually be taken as infrequently as once a year. …
The cost of inaction: COVID-19-related service disruptions could cause hundreds of thousands of extra deaths from HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS has estimated that if efforts are not made to mitigate and…